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The North American forklift market shattered sales records last year, while technology in and around lift trucks helped push fleets to new levels of productivity and efficiency. Whether or not you adopted telematics, data collection technologies helped fleet managers control costs as the economy grew and business boomed. “We’ve talked about it for the past three years. The economy is…
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Business disruption, labor challenges and technological innovation have made an impact on everything inside the four walls in recent years. Organizations have adapted, invested and scraped for every operational efficiency, but one area has largely escaped this modernization. “We’re historically some of the most neglected folks in the industry,” says Tim Blohm, vice president of sales for dock equipment manufacturer…
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Jeff Burnstein Association for Advancing Automation (A3) Location: Ann Arbor, Mich. Experience: 36 years with the association, president for 12 years. Modern: Can you tell us about A3? Burnstein: We think we’re the largest trade group in North America for automation companies. We have 1,200 members in robotics, machine vision and artificial intelligence, representing the integrators, suppliers and end users,…
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The Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s North American trade organization, has announced the winners of the 2019 Engelberger Robotics Awards, the world’s most prestigious robotics honor. At a dinner in conjunction with the Automate 2019 Show and Conference in Chicago on April 10, RIA will honor Catherine Morris, group leader and director of automotive sales at ATI Industrial Automation…
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Fictiv has closed a $33 million Series C funding round to accelerate its transformation of contract manufacturing into a global digital ecosystem that enables fast, flexible hardware product development and production. Led by G2VP, with new investor Mitsui & Co. joining return partners Accel, Bill Gates, Intel Capital, Sinovation and Tandon Group, the round brings Fictiv’s total investment to $58…
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If last year’s “Annual Warehouse and Distribution Center (DC) Equipment Survey” reflected the need to quickly ramp up on systems, this year’s survey still indicates a bullish outlook, albeit a more cautious one. With multiple years of strong economic growth, expanding e-commerce, and low unemployment, many DC organizations are weighing their next steps for keeping pace with flush economic times.…
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Aurora Flight Sciences has been developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for more than three decades. Aurora teamed with Stratasys to develop a notably complex 3D printed jet-powered UAV. Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, VA, has been developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for both the civil and military markets for many years. However, with advancing customer needs and requirements, its research…
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Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, has announced the opening of a new sales and service location in Reno, Nev. “The Reno-Sparks area has steadily developed into a significant distribution region, with plenty of growth opportunities and large facilities supporting a variety of industries,” said Craig Kelly, branch manager of Crown Lift Trucks in Sacramento.…
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Additive manufacturing is rapidly being adopted in the healthcare sector. A Fact.MR report predicts that the global market for 3D printed medical devices could reach revenues of more than $1.7 billion by 2022. QY Research puts the global 3D printed dental market alone at $260 million in 2018, reaching $930 million by 2025. In 2018, printer giant HP announced new…
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Robots were shipped to North American companies in record numbers last year, with more non-automotive companies installing robots than ever before, according to new statistics from the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), part of the Association for Advancing Automation. In 2018, 35,880 units were shipped, a 7% increase over 2017. Shipments to non-automotive companies grew 41% to 16,702 shipments for the…
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Headquartered at the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (U.S. Army ARDEC) is the primary research and development group for the US Army’s armament and munitions systems. The ARDEC team works on advanced materials and technologies with a focus on material properties. This effort led ARDEC to expand into additive manufacturing, specifically,…
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Deep learning (DL)—one of the newest trends in artificial intelligence—has driven remarkable progress in the development of autonomous driving systems, but the driverless car has a long way to go before it crosses the finish line. One factor holding the technology back is its need for massive amounts of data for training, testing and validation. The growing fleet of driverless…
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Three or four years ago, generative design started to garner industry attention, first as a new design principle, later as a series of AI-like software that generates optimal topology or geometry based on user-defined input (such as loads, stresses, weight limit or mass limit). But very quickly, early adopters came to realize a piece of the puzzle was missing: manufacturing…
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Creative Fields reports that the turbulent flow simulation around the DrivAer vehicle was solved successfully using CF-MESH+in combination with ESI Group's OpenFOAM. CF-MESH+ is a fully automated CFD meshing software solution that features capabilities for mesh generation in arbitrary complex geometries. The generic DrivAer model for external flow was introduced in 2011 to narrow the gap between the overly simplified…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
